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The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list was revealed last night giving top honors to Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and knocking the No. 1 restaurant for the past two years, Noma, to second place. The only U.S. restaurant to make the top ten, Eleven Madison Park in New York City, placed at No. 5.

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El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, took the top spot this year in the annual World's 50 Best Restaurant awards, pushing former first-place winner Noma to third. New York City's Eleven Madison Park slipped a spot to fifth place, and the other U.S. eateries to make the list were Le Bernardin, Alinea, Per Se, Blue Hill at Stone Barns and The French Laundry.

Three-time winner Noma regained the top spot on Restaurant magazine's annual list of the world's 50 best restaurants, after falling to second place last year behind Spain's El Celler de Can Roca. The Copenhagen eatery and chef Rene Redzepi have gained a global following for Noma's hyper-local Nordic menu, which often includes foraged ingredients. El Celler fell to second place, and Italy's Osteria Francescana, New York City's Eleven Madison Park and London's Dinner by Heston Blumenthal rounded out the top five.

The brothers behind El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, are in high demand after ousting Noma from its position as No. 1 on San Pellegrino's list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants, but despite many proposals the trio refuse to open a second location. Instead, they are closing the restaurant for five weeks to take it on a world tour, stopping in food-loving cities from Mexico City to Medellin to give their fans a chance to try their famous fare.

A bill proposed this session would raise the federal minimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at $2.13 per hour since 1996. It's not likely the measure will pass this session, but momentum seems to be growing behind the push to raise wages for restaurant workers, as evidenced by the recent creation of a new association that claims 100 business owners committed to the cause.

A longtime ban on cured-pork products from Italy will be relaxed May 28 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after inspectors found no vesicular swine disease in two provinces and four regions. "It could open up a new world of Italian salami to the United States,” said Joseph Bastianich, an owner of the Eataly grocery stores.